| a10277 | |
| Venue | Owen Delany Park, Taupo on 28th December 1996 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Central Districts won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Northern Districts won by 3 wickets |
| Points | Northern Districts 2; Central Districts 0 |
| Umpires | JS Crocker, AL Hill |
| Central Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CM Spearman | c Tait b Styris | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | - | 100.00 |
| MW Douglas | c Bailey b Tait | 59 | 90 | 123 | 6 | 1 | 65.56 |
| GP Sulzberger | c MN Hart b Doull | 3 | 12 | 10 | - | - | 25.00 |
| LG Howell | lbw b Vettori | 53 | 44 | 69 | 5 | 2 | 120.45 |
| *MJ Greatbatch | run out | 8 | 7 | 11 | - | 1 | 114.29 |
| +MS Sinclair | run out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| MDJ Walker | not out | 25 | 62 | 78 | 1 | - | 40.32 |
| GR Loveridge | b MN Hart | 6 | 16 | 17 | - | - | 37.50 |
| AJ Penn | c and b MN Hart | 5 | 16 | 16 | - | - | 31.25 |
| CO Findlay | c RG Hart b MN Hart | 1 | 10 | 7 | - | - | 10.00 |
| CE Bulfin | lbw b Thomson | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | - | 86.67 |
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 47.2 overs) | 198 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-17 (Spearman), 2-30 (Sulzberger), 3-134 (Howell), 4-142 (Greatbatch), 5-142 (Sinclair), 6-150 (Douglas), 7-162 (Loveridge), 8-178 (Penn), 9-180 (Findlay), 10-198 (Bulfin) | |||||||
| Northern Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Doull | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 3.50 |
| Styris | 6 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | 1 | 36.00 | 7.00 |
| Tait | 7 | 0 | 32 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 4.57 |
| MN Hart | 10 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 1 | - | 20.00 | 3.10 |
| Thomson | 9.2 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | - | 56.00 | 2.79 |
| Vettori | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.80 |
| Northern Districts innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| BA Young | c Douglas b Loveridge | 83 | 121 | 163 | 9 | - | 68.60 |
| ME Parlane | c Sinclair b Penn | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | - | 66.67 |
| *BA Pocock | c Sinclair b Penn | 2 | 12 | 9 | - | - | 16.67 |
| MD Bailey | b Bulfin | 76 | 95 | 129 | 7 | 1 | 80.00 |
| SA Thomson | lbw b Bulfin | 3 | 7 | 13 | - | - | 42.86 |
| MN Hart | lbw b Loveridge | 0 | 4 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 |
| AR Tait | not out | 9 | 21 | 25 | 1 | - | 42.86 |
| SB Doull | c sub b Loveridge | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - | 57.14 |
| +RG Hart | not out | 0 | 2 | 9 | - | - | 0.00 |
| DL Vettori | did not bat | ||||||
| SB Styris | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (10 lb, 6 nb, 4 w) | 20 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 45.2 overs) | 201 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-13 (Parlane), 2-15 (Pocock), 3-172 (Bailey), 4-185 (Young), 5-185 (Thomson), 6-189 (MN Hart), 7-195 (Doull) | |||||||
| Central Districts bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Penn | 10 | 1 | 43 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 4.30 |
| Bulfin | 10 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 30.00 | 4.10 |
| Findlay | 7 | 3 | 21 | 0 | - | 2 | - | 3.00 |
| Loveridge | 10 | 0 | 37 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 3.70 |
| Sulzberger | 5.2 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 6.75 |
| Walker | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.33 |